The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia: Seeking Truth at Rattlesnake Mountain by Jim Hall

The Last Lynching in Northern Virginia: Seeking Truth at Rattlesnake Mountain

True Crime

Jim Hall

128 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime challenging informative sad medium-paced
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In 1932, a black man was found hanging on Rattlesnake Mountain in Fauquier County. A mob set fire to his body. Officials identified the remains as Shedrick Thompson, wanted for the abduction and rape of a local white woman. Some claimed Thompson k...

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